CEA Level C, Deputy Director, Center for Healthy Communities

Job Description and Duties

Join a diverse team, leading the way toward healthy communities and safe environments for all! The CHC Deputy Director manages and directs public health policy development with a wide range of issues. The Deputy Director develops an overarching identity and direction for the Center, bringing together its disparate programs into a cohesive whole with a shared vision and direction that are in alignment with the Department. The Deputy Director is a liaison and provides policy recommendations to other state entities, including the California Health and Human Services, the Governor’s Office, the Legislature; federal and local governmental entities; community-based organizations; and California business and health care communities. The Deputy Director ensures the activities and policies of the CHC’s programs promote equity and diversity and are consistent with the Department’s strategic vision and goals for public health in California.
Minimum Requirements

This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.
Special Requirements

At the California Department of Public Health(CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
Statement of Qualifications -Is a narrative discussion regarding how the applicant's education, training, experience, and skills meet the minimum qualifications for this position. In addition, the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) serves as documentation of each applicant's ability to present information clearly and concisely in writing. Cover letter and resume do not take the place of the SOQ. Please see instructions below.
Examination Information

The examination process will consist of a thorough evaluation of the applicant's Statement of Qualifications (SOQ). Each applicant must complete and submit the required SOQ responding to all factors listed in this section. Applicants without the SOQ may be eliminated from the examination. When completing the SOQ, applicants must follow the following guidelines:
The responses to Supplemental Questionnaire should not exceed one page per question, be written in Arial font no smaller than 12 points. Please clearly and concisely identify experience in the five questions exactly as they are listed below:
Describe your experience and actions you have taken to foster equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Include examples of how you incorporated health equity into program and/or policy development and implementation.
Describe your leadership style and ability, including your experience creating and executing on a vision; building in evaluation and quality improvement to programs and/or policies; and motivating and aligning disparate programs and employees.
Describe your education, experience, and knowledge of a wide range of public health and environmental health programs as related to the job duty statement.
Describe your experience and approach to working with partners – including community groups, internal and external policy makers, local health jurisdictions, state agencies, and/or other governmental entities.
Describe your experience implementing change management strategies and workload management strategies. To the extent possible, highlight examples where you had to create the strategies and changes for programs and describe the internal and external communication strategies utilized.
Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

Must have excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate and work effectively at all levels of a large department.
Experience:
leading and aligning diverse programs and promoting a positive team environment while encouraging collaboration
driving health equity policy and programming
presenting information to a wide range of audiences, including the media; legislature; local, state and/or federal agencies; universities; the public; and other community groups
Knowledge of:
government administrative and operational functions including, but not limited to, hiring, procurement, and budgetary processes
transformational and trauma-responsive leadership
Ability to:
approach complex health problems with creativity, inclusiveness, and critical analysis and make clear and concise data and community-driven recommendations
collaborate and maintain effective relationships with other governmental institutions, local health jurisdictions, community-based organizations, and other strategic partners to enhance programs and services as well as advance policies, systems, and environmental changes that promote health equity
encourage and support innovation and continuous improvement
adapt to changing priorities and direction, while continuously iterating and pivoting as needed given evolving information and feedback

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